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Saturday, 17 January 2015

If you are forced by hunger, then you can take some food from the forbidden

Lesson
# 596 From Holy Qur’aan

If you are forced by hunger, then
you can take some food from the forbidden

Surah Maaa-‘idah (the
Table Spread) – Chapter – 5)

Verse
– 3b of 120, Section – 1 of 16 (Part – 6)

BisMIllaahir-Rahmaanir-Rahiim

In the name of Allaah,
the Beneficent, the Merciful

This day are those who disbelieve in despair of
(ever harming) your religion; so fear them not, fear Me! This Day have
perfected your religion for you and completed My Favour unto you, and have
chosen for you as Religion AL-ISLAM. Whoso is forced by hunger, not by will,
to sin; (for him) lo! Allaah is
Forgiving, Merciful.

Ya-‘isa– (despaired), this word is from yaas, which means “hopeless and despair”.
It aims that now they have become hopeless from the Muslims that they would renegade
from Islam and return to their parent religion. Laa
takh-shaw-hum – (do not fear them). It has been derived from
the word Khashyah, which means ‘fear,
dread, terror, fright and awe’. From it, the word wakh
shawnhas come out, which
means “Fear Me”. Alphabet letter “n”
at the end of the word wakh shawndiscloses that actually this word was wakh shawnii. It shows that the letter “ii” has been deleted but the meaning “Me”
would remain same. ‘Uz-turra – becoming distressed, it is from ‘iztaraar, which means ‘to become
helpless’. Having any determined necessity to be fulfilled without further delay
is called ‘iztaraar. Makh-masatin - (hunger), another word for hunger in Arabic
language is “Juuu’ “.Mutajaa-nifin –
this word is from janaf, which means ‘to
bow, to submit, to agree, to associate with’. Here it aims, “A person, who
inclines towards a side by will”.

It has been described in this
verse that the disbelievers used to hope, “when the Muslims would observe that
they have to do many works of hard nature, many things have been forbidden for
them to be eaten or drunk, of which they were habitual, and worship and Jihad
have been prescribed for them, then surely they would renegade from Islam and adopt
their previous religion, and they will become like us”. Today, this hope of
theirs has broken. They will never be able to harm Islam. It is the Decision of
God Almighty.

At that time, the Muslims were
passing satisfied life. Makkah had
been conquered. The entire Arab had embraced Islam. It had become easy to obey
the Law. The principles had been established for every matter/problem. Therefore,
during the Last Hajj, it was proclaimed in the Field of Arafat very clearly, “This day are those who disbelieve in despair of (ever
harming) your religion”. Now they will never be able to tempt the Muslims
towards disbelief. The Muslims should kick out their fear from their hearts. They
should fear Allaah Almighty only. He
commanded, “This Day have perfected your religion for you and
completed My Favour unto you, and have chosen for you as Religion AL-ISLAM”. It has proper solution of your every
difficulty and guidance in accordance with each occasion.

After that, Muslims
are being guided that if they are forced by hunger and they feel dying without
food, then they can take some food from the forbidden, only such quantity, with
which they may live. It will not be sin for them.

Transliterated Holy Qur’an in Roman Script & Translated from Arabic to English by Marmaduke Pickthall, Published by Paak Company, 17-Urdu Bazar, Lahore, Lesson collected from Dars e Qur’an published By Idara Islaah wa Tableegh, Lahore
(translated Urdu to English by Muhammad Sharif)